Free Gen for November

The Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all levels and stages of life. Our goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every month a new writer leads a generative workshop, presenting a prompt inspired by their own preoccupations, passions, or interests.

Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry and PorchLight Literary Arts Center.

This month's leader: Adam al-Sirgany

Date: Sunday, November 16, 5:30-7 pm Central (3:30 P, 4:30 M, 6:30 E)

Platforms: You're invited to attend online or in person

• To attend online, register HERE. After registering, the Zoom link will be automatically emailed to you
• To attend in person, please join us at PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E. Washington, Iowa City. 

Adam al-Sirgany is an Arab-American writer and editor, born and raised in the Driftless Midwest. He holds degrees in Creative Writing from Knox College, the University of Arizona, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and teaches Developmental Editing for the UCLA Extension Program in Writing, Editing, and Publishing. He is the Acquisitions & Developmental Editor for the independent press SFWP, which is now in its 28th year. He is involved with the nonprofit 1WC, for which he runs a teen writing program at the Iowa City Public Library. His debut short story collection, MORE HELL was published by Whiskey Tit Press in August 2025.